Three major films out in the UK this week! We start with a review of the new Marvel film Black Panther. At 11m45s, we review the stunningly beautiful Giullermo Del Toro-directed, Oscar-nominated adult fairytale The Shape Of Water. Finally, at 18m10s, we review the mother-daughter relationship dramedy, Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, and directed by Greta Gerwig – both of whom have been Oscar nominated.

Four films to review this week! First up – the political documentary THE FINAL YEAR set in the Obama White House, released in the UK last Friday – second up, the Pentagon Papers drama THE POST starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, also released in the UK last Friday (7m50s). We then move to the Alexander Payne satire DOWNSIZING starring Matt Damon, released in the UK tomorrow (17m15) – and finish up with Richard Linklater’s drama about Vietnam vets bringing a son home for burial, LAST FLAG FLYING, starring Bryan Cranston and Steve Carell, out in the UK on Friday (23m15sm).

Today we discuss two movies concerned with putting the feminine perspective at the heart of their story. The first is THEIR FINEST – a British wartime romantic comedy starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy. The second is a Western-revenge-thriller starring Dakota Fanning and Guy Pearce called BRIMSTONE.

Two flawed but interesting films at the London Film Festival today – the first is the true life tearjerker LION starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman – the second is the 1930s Parisian drama PLANETARIUM starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp.